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Morocco’s Caracal deal pushes French arms orders to €532mln in 2025

Morocco’s order of ten Airbus H225M Caracal helicopters has driven French defense contracts with the Kingdom to €532 million in 2025, the highest level recorded in a decade, according to the French Ministry of Armed Forces’ annual report on arms exports. The report, published earlier this August, explicitly lists the Caracal contract among the major […]

Libya: Militia infighting in Tripoli kills at least nine

About a dozen people were killed and many terrorized by clashes between two heavily armed militia groups in Libya’s capital, the latest bout of violence in the largely lawless North African nation, officials said Saturday August 10. The clashes, which involved heavy weapons, occurred Friday in Tripoli’s eastern neighborhood of Tajoura for long hours between […]

US urged to renew AGOA in order not to ‘lose economic ground’ in Africa to China

The United States is “missing an incredible window of opportunity” in Africa, a senior executive in US company told the US Senate Committee on Finance, urging a “quick renewal” of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) that will have the largest impact on the US business interests on the African continent. SanMar Corporation’s general […]